6. So when God has revealed himself and some have willfully rejected Him, He is fair to judge them.

If an isolated person responded to God’s revelation in his heart and in nature, how would he ever hear about Christ?

1. God desires that all men be saved (1 Timothy 2:4; 2 Peter 3:9).

2. God seeks for those who acknowledge their spiritual need and seek Him (Ezekiel 34:11; Luke 19:10).

3. When people are seeking the true God two things happen:

a. God brings the message to them by prompting a Christian to go to them (Acts 16:6-10).

b. The person hearing the message will respond in faith (Acts 16:13,14).

An illustration: Suppose a person was lost underground in a dark cave and suddenly found a little lighted arrow pointed a certain direction. Whose fault would it be if he failed to follow it? Obviously his own. God’s “little arrows” are His revelation in man’s heart and nature. We can trust the good and loving Savior to bring the message of salvation to the one who seeks Him.

A final evidence.

If the yet unreached people of the world are not lost, why did Jesus tell His disciples to “proclaim His name to all the nations (Luke 24:47), “to Go, and make disciples of all the nations” (Matthew 28:19), and to be witnesses “even to the remotest part of the earth” (Acts 1:8)? Why did He tell them to tell others if that knowledge would only condemn most of them? Then it would actually be best if they didn’t hear. Did Christ mislead His disciples? Was Paul misguided to go throughout Asia Minor and Europe? No, the reason Christ sent them, the reason they went and the reason why many should go today is because Christ is the only way to be saved.